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UNITED STATES PATENT. 01mins.-

GEORGE B. BASSETT, OF WATERTOWN, NEW YORK.

SYSTEM OF WATER-DISTRIBUTION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 352,389, dated November9, 1886.

Application filed August 30, 1886.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. BASSEIT, of Watertown, in the county ofJefferson and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and usefulImprovementsin Systems of Water- Distribution; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying. drawings, which form a part of this specification, and inwhich Figure 1 represents a diagram in section of my improvedwater-distributing system. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the valve whichopens and closes communication with the tower, a safetyvalve being shownas located in the center of said valve; and Fig. 3 is a longitudinalvertical section through the middle of the same.

My invention has relation to systems of water-distribution in towns orcities or large establishments having a reservoir anda pumpingmechanism; and it consists in the improved method of distributing thewater at a uniform low pressure for ordinary use, and at an increasedpressure in the case of a fire or other case when an increased pressureis desired, and in the improved construction and combination of parts ofthe means for accomplishing this result, as hereinafter more fullydescribed and claimed.

In systems of waterdistribution in towns and cities a water tower orreservoir may be situated so as to receive the water-supply and todistribute it into the main at a pressure sufficiently high for ordinarypurposes, raising it into buildings where desired; but in the case of afireor other case where an increased pressure is desired the increasedpressure which might be formed in the main by in creased action of thepumping mechanism would be liable to be lost, as the water would beforced up into the reservoir or tower, from which it would only passwith the ordinary pressure through the main, the surplus water runningover, and it would therefore be necessary, in a case where an increaseof pressure was desired, to have means by which the reservoir .may becut off from the main. This might be accomplished by a simplegate-valve; but if, by an accident or intentionally, the pumpingmechanism should be stopped the Serial No. 212,208. (No model.)

pressure in the main and the supply would cease, leaving the main emptyor with only sufficient water to fill it without the pressure to forcethe water up, and for the purpose of avoiding such a case I provide themain with a valve opening from the reservoir or tower, andhaving meansfor operating it instantly from the pump-house or other central station.It will now be seen that when the pressure from the pumping mechanismstops, the pressure of the water in the reservoir will force the valveopen and supply water in the main at the normal pressure.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown the system in a sectionaldiagram, which will illustrate the principle of my invention, and I haveshown the reservoir or tower A, while B is the pumping mechanism, and Gis the main .connecting the reservoir and the pumping mechanism, whichmain is provided with fire plugs D and suitable service-taps, E.

F is the valve, which opens away from the reservoir, and which is hingedin the main between the reservoir and the service-pipe nearest to thereservoir, and the valve is formed with asuitable mechanism, G, foropening or closing it, and has an electric connection, H, with thepump-house or other central station, by means of which the valve may beoperated.

The mechanism foroperating the valve and the connection between theoperating mechanism and the pumphouse or other central station may be ofany suitable construction, and the connection between the operatingmechanismaud the pump house or station is of such a construction andcharacter that the operating mechanism may be immediately set intooperation by the said connection. now be seen that as soon as an alarmof fire is sounded or an increased pressure is .desired It will for anyother purpose the person in charge of the pump-house or central stationmay immediately cause the pumps to be set in motion, increasing thepressure in the main, and the valve may be dropped, cutting off theconnection from the pumping mechanism to the reservoir, while allowing aflow of Water from the reservoir into the main immediately upon thecessation of the increased pressure in the main.

The valve may be provided wi h a safetyvalve, I, opening toward thereservoir, which may be adjusted to open at a pressure greater than thedesired increased pressure or greater than the pressure which the mainmay bear, the water passing through the valve toward the reservoir.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States In a system ofwater-distribution,the combination, with a reservoir, a pumpingmechanism, a main connecting the reservoir with the pumping mechanism,and having servicepipes and fire-plugs upon it, a mechanicallycontrolledvalve in the main near the reser- I voir, opening away from it, andmeans for instantly closing or opening the said valve from a centralpoint, cutting off the supply from the pumping mechanism to thereservoir, of a relief or safety valve located in the flap of theaforesaid valve and adapted to open toward the reservoir, and adjustableto open at any desired pressure, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaifixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE B. BASSETT.

\Vitn esses:

CLARENCE A. HOUSE, FRANK .WATTS.

